10/6/24
5 Minutes of Focus
"Carriers"
[3] Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. [4] Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.
Mark 2:3-4 NIV
Beloved,
You never know whose help you will need BEFORE you leave this earth....
The circumstances surrounding one situation in your life could change suddenly, forcing you to need help just like that paralyzed man needed help.
He needed the help of those 4 men. There is no way He could have made it to Jesus, to the place where he would be forgiven of his sins and healed without help from those 4 able- bodied men.
That's why Beloved, It's important that you treat EVERYBODY right even when they don't treat you right, because truly you don't know whose help you will need.
It's also important that you pick some friends you know you can rely on in a crisis.
THESE ARE NOT THE FRIENDS YOU LAUGH AND JOKE WITH, HANG OUT WITH. The friends who you find yourself encouraging, upholding, and willingly participating in each other's bad habits, each other's sins etc.
No, These are the friends that right now, you might not even acknowledge them as your friends, but they can get a prayer through.
●They can get a prayer through.
●They can carry you to Jesus.
●They know how to move in faith and not doubt.
The four men who carried that paralyzed man to Jesus knew how to move in faith and not doubt.
Even when it looked like they wouldn't be able to get him in to see Jesus...THEY DID NOT LET THE CROWD make them doubt what was possible.
Instead they dug into their faith (inwardly), and starting digging in the natural UNTIL the roof came off.
These are the kind of friends you need.
●Friends that will dig for you, take action for you.
●They won't doubt or cause you to doubt.
●They won't become intimidated by the crowd and drop you before finishing what they started.
Beloved, Where are your carriers?
Who are your carriers?
Thank God for them.
Until Next Sunday.
LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy
